Mayor-making: Rabbi of New York said a prayer
Mayor-elect chose to come to inaugurate at the subway, to which he invited a good representation of the Orthodox communities in the city
- Yoel Bitelman and Moshe Weisberg, Photography: Avlick
- ד' שבט התשע"ד
The inauguration ceremony of 109th Mayor of New York Bill de Belsio, held on Tuesday night and the next day on Wednesday, this time was different from the rest of the inaugural ceremonies which were held in the past, except for the surprising modesty of elected mayor, who arrived by subway and not by car as usual.
A glimpse of the human landscape, crowding the plaza of mayor of New York in the bitter cold, proved that this is a mayor who knows how to be grateful. Among the hundreds of people who received an invitation to the ceremony - were dozens of ultra-Orthodox, most Hasidic sector, and of course Main Agudath Yisrael of America, including the chief 'mechutan' - who opened the doors to the Rebbes yards, Orthodox tycoon Rabbi Aharon Naeh.
Activist Rabbi Yoel Lefkowitz, who also participated in the event, said that the presence of the Haredi community was prominent, "Mayor invited all representatives of the courts, not like in the past that the haredi public has received three invitations, this time invited all representatives of the courts, all Orthodox transactions. To highlight further presence - put them in the complex formation AP with all the senators and the people who matter.
"Furthermore," says Lefkowitz, "Among the speakers at the inauguration was Rabbi Potznick, who holds the title of New York City Rabbi, who delivered a prayer."
Photography: Avlick magazine
